No Olympic qualification for local surfers
There was no joy for Sligo surfers Gearóid McDaid and Tom Murphy in their bids to secure Olympic qualification via this week’s World Surfing Games in Puerto Rico. Both surfers made their exits from their respective competitions on Tuesday. McDaid, a silver medallist at last summer’s European Championships, performed well…
Works halt at south Donegal hotel due to house refugees
It’s reported that work on the site of the Ringfort Inn in Bruckless has stopped. The south Donegal hotel had been earmarked to house a number of asylum seekers but it has been lying vacant since 2012. It had been claimed that works were ongoing on the building…
65mph speed limiter proposed for all vehicles to reduce accidents
It is National Slow Down Day – Eamon lost his brother in a road accident, and says motorists are still travelling too fast, and suggests that all vehicles should be fitted with a limiter fixed at 65mph to help reduce accidents. While bus driver Sean puts the rise in accidents…
Sligo County Council fined over damage caused to stream
Sligo County Council have been fined €2,600 after damaging a river tributary linked to a Special Area of Conservation. The fine was sought by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), after a tributary stream at Corballa was damaged by heavy machinery. It’s understood the machinery crossed the stream a number of times,…
ATU Sligo win soccer’s Lydon Cup
ATU Sligo women’s soccer team’s successful momentum of recent seasons continued on Wednesday when they beat University of Limerick (UL) 6-3 in Maynooth to lift the Lydon Cup for 2024. ATU had endured a long path to reach the final with multiple lengthy away trips around the country. Sligo Rovers…
SUH among the 5 most overcrowded Hospitals in February
The INMO has confirmed that Sligo University Hospital is the 5th most overcrowded Hospital in the county during the month of February. Latest figures issued by the organisation claim there were 10,991 patients on trolleys in Hospitals across the country during the month of February. The Irish Nurses…
Local motorists among those caught speeding on national slowdown day
Motorists in Donegal and Carrick-on-Shannon are among those already detected to be travelling above the speed limit on National Slowdown day. In the first two hours alone operation ‘GoSafe’ detected 33 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit throughout the Country. Segaratnt Aoife Hayes is…